Unit 6

Question 1

Thin, sheet like structure that have important functions in the body

Answer 1

Membrane

Question 2

What are the 4 types of membranes in the integumentary system?

Answer 2

Cutaneous
Serous
Mucous
Synovial

Question 3

Skin (Membrane)

Answer 3

Cutaneous (epithelial)

Question 4

Surround body cavities, partial and visceral (membrane)

Answer 4

Serous (epithelial)

Question 5

line the body’s surfaces that come in direct contact with the environment (membrane)

Answer 5

Mucous (epithelial)

Question 6

Lubricate areas of friction (membrane)

Answer 6

Synovial (connective tissue)

Question 7

What are the 5 functions of the skin?

Answer 7

Protection
Temperature Regulation
Sense Organ Activity
Excretion
Vitamin D Synthesis

Question 8

What make the skin waterproof?

Answer 8

Keratin

Question 9

What protects the skin from UV radiation?

Answer 9

Melanin

Question 10

Thin outer layer of skin

Answer 10

Epidermis

Question 11

Thin inner layer of skin

Answer 11

Dermis

Question 12

What produces melanin?

Answer 12

Melanocytes

Question 13

Yellowish pigment found in the stratum corneum of the epidermis and fatty layer under the skin

Answer 13

Carotene

Question 14

What makes skin possible to function as a sense organ?

Answer 14

Receptors

Question 15

What receptor is responsible for light touch?

Answer 15

Meissner’s Receptors

Question 16

What receptors are responsible for cold and touch?

Answer 16

End bulbs for Krause

Question 17

What receptors are responsible for pressue?

Answer 17

Pacini Receptors

Question 18

What receptor is responsible for heat?

Answer 18

Ruffini’s receptors

Question 19

What receptor is responsible for pain and temperature?

Answer 19

Free nerve endings

Question 20

What are the 2 types of sudoriferous (sweat) glands of the skin?

Answer 20

Eccrine
Apocrine

Question 21

Secretes water (containing salt, urea, other ions)
Glands of skin

Answer 21

Eccrine

Question 22

Secretes thicker substance, which bacteria thrive in this producing odor
Glands of the skin

Answer 22

Apocrine

Question 23

Secretes sebum (oily substance) to cover hair and skin to prevent drying. The sebum is also toxic to certain bacteria
Glands of the skin

Answer 23

Sebaceous

Question 24

Bacterial infection; starts as reddish infection and eventually crusts over… can be life threatening

Answer 24

Impetigo

Question 25

General name for fungal infection

Answer 25

Tinea

Question 26

Form papilloma virus

Answer 26

Warts

Question 27

Furuncles... bacterial infection in hair follicle

Answer 27

Boils

Question 28

Caused by itch mite

Answer 28

Scabies

Question 29

Decubitus ulcers; arises from lack of blood flow

Answer 29

Pressure sores

Question 30

Generated by some allergy, irritant, etc. Manifested by leaky blood vessels invoking swelling in spotty areas

Answer 30

Hives

Question 31

Autoimmune disorder; mean "hard" "skin"; begins as a mild inflammation but can spread out of control and can be life threatening

Answer 31

Scleroderma

Question 32

Chronic inflammatory disorder. Cutaneous inflammation leading to scaly plaques

Answer 32

Psoriasis

Question 33

Most common; not a specific disease, but a sign of another underlying problem

Answer 33

Eczema

Question 34

Slow growing malignant tumor; forms hard nodules; can spread to organs if left untreated

Answer 34

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 35

Often found on face; generated by a germ layer on the skin gone bad; less likely to metastasize; often associated with a crust like crater in the center

Answer 35

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 36

Most serious form; fatal to 25% of individuals diagnosed; often forms a mole

Answer 36

Melanoma

Question 37

Rare, associated with AIDS; spreads quickly to lymph nodes and internal organs

Answer 37

Kaposi sarcoma